The handprinted Geometrix font family is an alternative to the usual distressed typeface. Rather than drawing on a sans-serif style and tearing it to shreds, Geometrix provides an intresting and compelling set of shapes...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
Airliner JNL is based on hand-lettering found on a promotional postcard for Kitty Davis’ Airliner – a popular Miami Beach night spot of the 1940s. All of the usual things that make hand-lettering endearing...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Around the turn of the 20th Century, the Inland Type Foundry produced a display face named Studley. It was a variation on a design by another foundry called Florentine. A condensed face with a...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
An old set of brass stencils spotted for sale on eBay were the inspiration for this font from Jeff Levine. Redrawn completely from scratch, Jeff retained the narrow “M” and angled corners found in...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Metalet Modern JNL was based on the letters found within the Metalet Movie Titling Set manufactured by the Modern Display Advertising Company of Hollywood, California circa the 1940s. Each stamped metal letter would be...